Broadcast Law Blog
MARCH 21, 2017
The Georgia Supreme Court this week issued a decision holding that the streaming of pre-1972 sound recordings by iHeart Media does not violate the state’s criminal statutes against the “transfer” of recorded sounds without the permission of the owner of the master recording.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 28, 2022
Enacted in 1948, the GCA extended to Indian country the general federal criminal laws that apply in places where the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction (i.e., The question is whether the GCA therefore prohibits concurrent state criminal prosecutions. Georgia (1832). federal enclaves).
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JonathanTurley
MAY 24, 2022
That is defined below under New Jersey statute. Clearly Langley could have retreated, but the Georgia law appears only to stipulate a duty to retreat in the use of deadly force. There is no question that Langley causes bodily injury but how about self-defense or self-protection?
The Crime Report
JULY 22, 2021
Often it’s to ensure fairer and more responsive treatment at the hands of a justice system that otherwise offers them few other options, says a Rutgers University law professor. Lies about law involve lawyers twisting statutes until they no longer represent the original law.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 18, 2024
District Judge Tanya Chutkan, originally scheduled for March 4 but now on hold, can go forward, but also whether the former president’s trials in Florida and Georgia can proceed. To the contrary, a bedrock principle of our constitutional order is that no person is above the law — including the President.” before U.S.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Cohen – who first met the Lovings when he was just 29 – filed a lawsuit on their behalf, challenging the Virginia law and similar state statutes as violating the 14th Amendment. Virginia , the court did find the statute unconstitutional. He and his co-counsel, Philip Hirschkop, took the case to the Supreme Court. 29, 1941 – Nov.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. The cases from injuries last year are just now being filed under the statute of limitations, but it has been another bumper crop of Thanksgiving torts. Macy’s Parade also did not disappoint with its balloon-related mishaps.
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